Shoe last



Jag. 15, 1946. c. w. .MARczlLLE` SHOE-LAST Filed Feb. 11, 1944 /M/wro 1?: CHARM-5 M Mmc/LusJ .lll IH. ii

Patented Jan. 15, 1946 rvsuon LAST -CharlesfW Marcilla St; Louis, Mo. Applicatoniliebnuary 11, 1944, Serial l\Tn.,5, i1,89''v (Cl: 12a-"136) -8 Claims.

rI-his invention relates to a certain :newxa-nd useful improvement in shoe-lasts.

My invention has for itsilchiefobject the provisionof a last comprising companion members uniquely joined for convenient .insertion intoand. vremdval `from the shoe-bodyy Without `,subjecting the shoe-body to-strainror stretchingatlanyfpoint during such operations. l

My'invention-has for a fmrtheriob-iect to obviate vlast breakage andloss and, -..to suchend, the provision. of 'a last. having itsj oomplementaryimembers not onlyy uniquely joined ffor ready insertion into .and removal from the shoe-body, vbut .also eiciently- Vre-enforced against breakage during the shoemaking.

. Myinvention has for another objecttheprc- ,vision ora, shoe-laster thetyne stated which may be readily constructed, whichy is :sturdy and -reliable, which-is .convenientlylusabla andwhich is. eicient in the performance of its Aintended functions.

rAnd with theabove and other objects 1in: view,

my invention .resides ,in the.,novel featuresgof form, construction, tarrangement, and-,combinationofy parts presently described. and pointedouul .in thevclaims.

In the accompanying drawing: Y Figure 1` is aside-elevational vleW-offailastco structed in aocordancewith, and embodying-,my

present invention, the ,companionprcomplementary body-.members of. the last :being in vabutting engagement. or co-operationas when in shoe-lastingposition; v

FigureZisa-similar viewoftheflast in sor-,called broken condition, the complementary body-members of the Y lastbeing' hingedl-y spaced and the lastccrrespondingly shortened. for-facilitatingiinsertion Fand removal thereof into orlfrom thefpar- .ticular-shoe-body':

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentel-fseetionar view of the last withv its body-members-in lasting positiomasfin Figure 1;

Figure-4 is a similar view-of thellast-vvithits body-members .in llast-shortening` gposition Figure 5 is a detail -fragmental lsectionalview of the last'taken .approximatelyfom theflne- '5e-i5, Figure 3; and

Figures 6 and 7 are perspectiveviews ofrhoused plate-sections co-operable with thepcomplementary body-.members of' theglast for .facilita-ating' their relative t movement toy and from, and retention in, lasting position.

:Referring now more in detailv and Vbyareference `characters to the accompanying-fdrawingfwhich illustrates a preferred embodiment*` of-,-1nyfinven tion, the last, asgiscommon in the industry, includes companion or complementary so-called fore or vamp and rear or heel sections A and B, respectively, constructed preferably of suitable wood and of combined selective contour and shoe- "sizejor dimensiona'aswill be understood; the -last being: also, fas-'1s customary initiallyfin 'a unitary bodyd and; vthent 'obliquely downwardly1an-d irearwardlynsplit. and shouldered; and :thereby `divided to includefthe companion-'members AfandB ,fh-avingp-matchingreareand front faces l, 2,;grespeci tively, .and also matching opposed shoulders 13, :4,

respectively. Y

Forwardly from iits rearface; l., the .last -hodymember fA is cut :awayiandftherebyprovidedwith a recess or,- chamberii zopening; rearwardly upon said face fl, andrearwardlyrfrom Vitszfront face 2, the lastnbody-:member.Bislikewise cutiaway'and thereby provided: with .a companionrecessvor chamber-6 opening-:forwardly upon said face r2, the chambers Sia-ndz ghavingypreferablyf thefcontours and? relative locations` b estfseen -in Figures 3-andi4. Y l

1C.' designates `a rgid,:;sturdy,t. preferably/metallic. platessection contoured preferably, as ibest; seen in Figureaiand,.forsplurposespresently appearing, providedfmth-:transverse openings '.1,:8`,.and 9; and Dzdesignates a'preferably'metallicr link contoured preferably as best seen in Figure 7 and, also-for ,purpnsesv presently appearing, provided transverseiwwithsaislbt :l llsandl an copening "H Theplatei-sectionwC "isi 'for ythe most'part located, vand' asz'bymeans of 'transverse pins l2 and? it'3 xed'fsin'itheila'st Vtbody-meniloe'r A and ex itendingzthmughfsaid openings 21 :and t, -reeenforcingly securedzwithinthe chamber-"5, the plateysection 'Cfhaving asfshown, a 'tail-extension c snnojectinszreanwardly to generally vreside within itharecessarorilastfmemberzB. i

The link D is for thefm'ostpart located, and

last body-member.-Bgand1-projectiing through: said fsloti' M1, -pivotally :secured `VAfor; movement within, :the lastebodyarecessa, *the :link 'D having a nosef:extension'diprojecting forwardly torgener'allyreside andfrwor-k` in-"the" recess f5 and :the :link D, afs," itsI :saidi extension d, being hingedly, as by .means oiga-stud or rivet l5' suitably'tted'in the :.companionor :registering openings 9:, l i, attached ilotlfie'platevv C for securing the last-members yA and B swingably together.. And it maybe here kstatedthat the-,linkrzDiisgformeclfon; the front wall .of -its nose-extension d with a pocket, as aft-12E, forlellgagingethe fixed pin -:l'3avhen the last-members-A ,-a-nd B-rafreefin iabuttingf'sh'oe-lasting positiongasrinifligurelf. l

. ASuitablyavformed;and located: in thefrear face orV -marginnofl the fixedy plate 1C," is a recess or socken-fas at ;|1`I,fto receive the lower or outer-end :miv a: fpintE lengthwise shiftable in y.and ,throughk thepapertured end wall ff -of aE lcup F fixed in the shoulder b of the last-member B for shiftably retaining the last-body-members A and B in abutting shoe-lasting position, as in Figure 1, the pin E being yieldingly urged or tion.

ment with the laSt-body-member A at its socket i1, the last-body-members A and B may be readily pivotally shifted relatively `to each other" for breaking and lengthwise shortening the last, as

shown in Figure 2, for facilitating either placement of the last within the shoe-body to be lasted or removal of the last from the lasted shoe, the link D in so shortening the last pivotally at its nose d and'pocket iiiY moving away from the pin 13,"as indicated'or shown in Figure 4. On revversely relatively shifting the hingedly link-'connected members A and Bfthe membersA and B return to their relative abutting engagement= as in Figure l, when the pin-E springs into engagement at its shank e with the recess or'pocket il and the link D re-engages at itsfn'o'se d and bers A and B being thereby retained with firm-- ness and rigidity in abutting vshoe-lasting position, the xed plateC largely, whenthe last body-members A and B are in such shoe-lasting position, taking the pull of the pin E andlink D from, and thereby most eiciently reenforcing against breakage, the last-'member A.

`The last fulfills in every respect the objects stated, and it is to be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts ofthe shoe-last may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my inven- Havingfthus described my invention, what Il claim and desire to secure" byLetters Patent is:

1. A shoe-last including a pair of complementary body-members adaptedfor endwise registra- Y tion and abutment when in shoe-lasting position,

said members being co-operably recessed in'their- Y opposing end faces, means comprising ar link for joining said body-members swingably together, and a stud iixed in one of the body-members and engageable by the `link when said members lare in shoe-lasting position.

2. vA shoe-last including a pair of complementary body-members adapted for endwise registration and abutment when inl shoe-lasting position, said members being co-operably recessed in their opposing end faces, a plate-section disposed Within the recess of one body-member, a stud engaging said plate-section 'and saidfone bodymember, and a link pivotally 'attached to' said plate and to, and withinthe recess of, theV other 'plate and engageable with the stud when said members are in shoe-lasting position.

3. A shoe-last including a pair of complementary body-members adapted for endwiselregistration and abutment when in shoe-lasting position, said members being co-operably recessed in their opposing end faces, a plate-section, means comprising a stud engaging said plate-section and one body-member for securing said plate partially within the recess vof said 'one bodymember and partially in the recess of the lother body-member, and a link pivotally attachedto said plate and to the other ,body-member, the link being disposed for movement in said recesses and having a nose-extension having a pocket for engaging said stud when said members are in shoe-lasting position. e y

A 4. A shoe-last including front and rear ccmplementary body-members adapted for endwise :registration and abutment when in shoe-lasting position, said members being co-operatively recessed in their opposing end faces, means comprising a plate xed in one of said members for joining the members swingably together, said plate having a marginal recess, and means comprising a pin biased in the other member for engagement at its shank in said recess for yieldingly securing said members in shoe-lasting position.V -v

5. A shoe-last including a pair of complementary body-members adapted for end wise registration and` abutment when in shoe-lasting 'position, said members being co-operably recessed in their opposing end faces, a plate-section, means comprising a stud engaging said plate-section and one body-member for securing said plate partially Within the recess of said one bodymember and partially in the recess of the other body-member, a link pivotally attached to said plate and Yto the other body-member, the link being disposed for movement in said recesses and having a nose-extension having a pocket for engaging said stud when'said members are in shoelasting position, and means for retaining said bodymembers in' shoe-lasting position.

6. A-fshoe-last including front and rear complementary body-members adapted forrendwise registration and abutment when in shoe-lasting position, said members having Vcomplementary recesses in their opposing end faces, a plate iixed in oneof's'aid members Vand a link pivotally secured in the other'member, said plate and link being, in turn, pivotally secured together at a point disposed upwardly 'in relation to the point at which the link is secured to said other member when the rlast is in shoe-lasting position,

1 7. A shoe-last including front and rear complementary-body-members adapted for endwise registration 'and abutment when in shoe-lasting position, said, members having complementary recesses in their opposing end faces, a plate xed infone Vrecess and having an abutmelfit `member associated therewith, and a link pivotally mounted upon the plate upwardly from the abutment member with respect to the sole of the last, said link being provided with a slot through which it is shiftably and pivotally secured within the other recessalso'at a point which is disposed below the pivot-point between .the plate and link when the last is in shoe-lasting position.

8.(A shoe-last including a pair oi complementary body-members adapted for endwise registration and abutment when in shoe-lasting position, said members having co-operable recesses in their opposing end faces, a plate-section disposedpartially within the recess of said bodymember, a stud also disposed in the `recess of said body-member, a link pivotally attachedto said plate and to, and within the recessr of,rthe

' other body-member, the link having abutment means for engaging said stud when vsaid members are in shoe-lasting position. 'Y "A CHARLES W. MARCIHE. 

